Oral history interview with Joseph Smagorinsky, 1989 March 1.

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Oral history interview with Joseph Smagorinsky, 1989 March 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82251290

Brief overview of the history of numerical general circulation models from about 1950-1970, centering on Smagorinsky's group, including Syukuro Manabe, at the U.S. Weather Bureau, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and the General Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton. Notes the interactions with weather predictions and climate change concerns, especially carbon dioxide warnings (greenhouse effect).

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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